Price regulation disrupts Russian fuel markets
Russia Price regulation disrupts Russian fuel markets While the official policy of the Russian government is to refrain from price-setting, this measure was carried out in the beginning of November ...
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Russian unemployment falls and wages continue to rise; real incomes contracted in August-September
Russia Russian unemployment falls and wages continue to rise; real incomes contracted in August-September Using the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Russia’s unemployment ...
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Chinese and Russian presidents extol good economic relations at St. Petersburg economic forum
Russia Chinese and Russian presidents extol good economic relations at St. Petersburg economic forum President Vladimir Putin voiced strong criticism of the latest US trade policy measures against C...
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Strong increase in use of industrial robots in China
China Strong increase in use of industrial robots in China The latest figures available from the International Federation of Robotics show that China installed 168,000 new industrial robots in 2020,...
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Russian government sells Bashneft to Rosneft
Russian government sells Bashneft to Rosneft The state’s 50.08 % stake in the Bashneft oil company has been on this year’s privatization list. Russian government decided this week to sell the stake ...
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Russian goods imports near bottoming out
Russian goods imports near bottoming out The value of goods imports contracted 9 % y-o-y to $84 billion in the first half of this year. The value of imports fell in all major goods categories. The co...
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Construction of new Rosatom reactor units in China gets underway
Construction of new Rosatom reactor units in China gets underway China announced in late May that construction work on new reactor units was underway at the Tianwan and Xudapu nuclear power plants. R...
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Slight bump in Chinese share prices
Slight bump in Chinese share prices Even with the fall on Wednesday, stock indexes in Shanghai and Shenzhen are few percent up over the two months, but are still considerably lower than at the start ...
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China’s State Council issues contingency guidelines on local government debt problems
China’s State Council issues contingency guidelines on local government debt problems The contingency guidelines require local governments to report risky borrowing, placing them in one of four “debt...
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China’s housing market shows signs of recovery
China’s housing market shows signs of recovery SouFun, a private real-estate information tracking service, reports average apartment prices showed a slight uptick overall in the second quarter. Apar...
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Foreign direct investment inflow to Russia last year was lower than in 2009
Foreign direct investment inflow to Russia last year was lower than in 2009 Inbound foreign direct investment flow to Russia last year fell to $21 billion, down from an average of $55 billion a year...
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Russian president holds annual state-of-the-nation address; government resigns unexpectedly thereafter
Russia Russian president holds annual state-of-the-nation address; government resigns unexpectedly thereafter On Wednesday (Jan. 15), president Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-natio...
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Russian imports suffer as economy falters
Russian imports suffer as economy falters Preliminary Rosstat figures show the pace of contraction in Russian GDP reached 4.6 % y-o-y in the second quarter of this year. At the same time, the dollar ...
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Sales of consumer goods during China’s Golden Week holiday beat 2019 numbers
China Sales of consumer goods during China’s Golden Week holiday beat 2019 numbers China’s Golden Week autumn holiday (Oct. 1–8) kicked off with National Day on October 1. For two decades now, the f...
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Chinese firms struggle with late payments and debt
Chinese firms struggle with late payments and debt Bloomberg News reports that Chinese firms are waiting longer for their customers to pay their bills. The median time for getting the money after sal...
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BOFIT Kiina-ennuste 2023-2025 / 2
#China #forecast BOFIT Forecast for China 2023–2025 is published China’s economic conditions deteriorated over the summer on sluggish exports, a nosediving real estate sector and an unimpressive pic...
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BOFIT Forecast for China 2022–2024 / 1
China,forecast BOFIT Forecast for China 2022–2024 is published China’s economic growth slowed sharply towards the end of 2021. Despite subsequent stimulus efforts this winter, this year’s growth tre...
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Despite the aim of curbing financial market risks, the Chinese continue to pile on debt
China Despite the aim of curbing financial market risks, the Chinese continue to pile on debt As of end-March, the People's Bank of China's broad measure of credit (total social financing or...
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US imposes new sanctions on Russia
Russia US imposes new sanctions on Russia At the beginning of August, president Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing United States financial institutions from participating in new issue...
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Retail sales growth slows in China; popularity of online shopping remains strong
Retail sales growth slows in China; popularity of online shopping remains strong The growth in retail sales, a fundament support for economic growth, has slowed this year. Real on-year growth in reta...
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